Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/14
By: Lilian Wu
Taipei, Aug. 14 (CNA) The prestigious Chinese American Academic and Professional
Yu, a Princeton University emeritus professor, is regarded by his peers as the greatest Chinese intellectual historian of his generation.
The 85-year-old won the U.S. Library of Congress’ John W. Kluge Prize in 2006 for his lifetime achievements in the study of humanity, becoming the first Chinese scholar to win the honor.
In 2014, he was also awarded the Tang Prize in Sinology for his original research and insight into the intellectual history of China. [FULL STORY]